71. Unlike Prince Charles and Princess Diana, whose fairytale turned to Greek tragedy, these two have made it to a modern version of happily-ever-after. 72. In the end the once-proud currencies expired more like distant friends of the family than heros in a Greek tragedy, with little fanfare or mourning. 73. World Cup openers and US Open golf could not compete with the stuff of Greek tragedy. 74. The Battle of Salamis, an island in the Gulf of Aegina, was immortalised by Aeschylus in his Greek tragedy The Persians. |